Verdict: Restaurant’s Tip Pooling Arrangement Does Not Violate FLSA

Many restaurants require servers to participate in a “tip pooling” arrangement. This policy requires tipped employees to share a portion of their tips with host employees, bussers, or kitchen staff. A new decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to declare standard tip pooling arrangements as a violation of the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. [...]

Why Should You Tip?

Why should you tip? It is amazing how often this question is asked and debated. To me the answer is painfully obvious. When someone asks me why people should tip, I answer their question with a few of my own… [...]